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Anatomy
EKG
Basic Information
Waveform
Lead
100
About the size of an human fist
What is the human heart
100
Useful for detecting cardiac dysrythmias
What is lead II
100
Period when neither the ventricles or the atria are contracting
What is diastole
100
Represents depolarization of the ventricles
What is the QRS complex
100
Name the 3 leads in Einthoven's triangle
What is Lead I, Lead II, and Lead III
200
located between the right atrium and the right ventricle
What is tricuspid valve
200
First small wave seen on a normal cardiac strip
What is the p wave
200
The period of the cardiac cycle when both the atria and ventricles are contracting
What is systole
200
Represent ventricular repolarization
What is the T wave
200
The number of electrodes that go on the body when performing an EKG on a patient
What is 10?
300
The normal heart rate
What is 60-100
300
The EKG measures what?
What is electrical activity in the heart?
300
Tachycardia heart rate
What is greater than 100
300
Represents atrial depolarization
What is the P wave
300
The placement of the Lead III
What is the left leg
400
The location of the SA Node
What is right atrium
400
Why is called a 12 lead ekg
What is It look at 12 different views of the heart
400
The type of chest pain can be relieved by nitroglycerin
What is angina
400
The normal duration of the QRS complex
What is 0.11 second of less
400
Located at the halfway point between V2 and V4
What is V3
500
The 4 valve of the heart
What is mitral valve, tricuspid valve, aortic valve, and pulmonary valve
500
Can be seen with excessive movement, causing the baseline to wander
What is artifacts
500
The place where gas exchange occurs
What is the capillaries
500
A normal ekg strip consist of these waveforms
What is p wave, QRS complex and T wave
500
Where is V5 located?
The 5th intercoastal space, between V4 and V6, anterior axillary line